Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-19
.NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Happenings in the Northwestern
States and Territories.

Happenings IN the Northwestern
States and Territories.
ILLINOIS.
Captain Joab Wilkinson. a veteran Of the
Mexican war, died at his home near Decatur
the other morning
a woman lives near Marion who the other
day reached the 1O1st year of her age She
walks about at will, and, aside from slightly
defective memory and eyesight. her faculties
are well retained
The farm bull ings of Seymour Cleveland,
near Rockford, were destroyed by fire the
other evening. Loss, $40, 900; insured for
$3, 600.
The Illinois Association of ex-Prigoners of
War held its meeting at Peoria recently and
reelected G. w PaYey, of Mount Vernon,
president The next meeting will be held
at Bloomington the third Thursday in No
vember, 1883.
County, has been appointed United States
District Attorney for the Southern district
of Illinois, to succeed E. Z. Roe.
DR.. J. Y. VIM, a prominent physician,
died at his home in Williamsville the other
day, of apoplexy.
At Charnly, Coles County, the other day
Mrs Lewis Mushrick gave her sick daughter
strychnine instead of quinine with fatal
results
At Hagerstown, Fayette County, the other
night Sid McAdams and Pete Davis, farmers,
quarre ed, and McAdams struck Davis on
the head with brick, crushing the skull
At Orion, Henry County, the other after
noon a carriage containing Mr. and Mrs
Shuet's three children was wrecked by a
train, and one girl, Ida, was killsd Instantly
and the two brothers were fatally injured
The horses were killed
R. W. Ashbrook and wife, of NATION,
celebrated their golden wedding few days
ago.
Near Sidell, Coles County, horses were
recently dying by the score from a disease
milar to cancer. Nothing had been found
that would relieve the beast dying or cure
the disease
James Ray, druggist, jumped from a
ffth-story window Of the Grace Hotel in
Chicago few mornings ago and was al
most instantly killed
B. +. Henry is the Oldest teacher in De
Witt County. For twenty three years he
has taught school, during which time he
has had under his charge 1886 children,
and thinks this winters school will COM
plete the 1000
The Chicago Times says that since the
hanging of the Anarchists 100000 has
been refused for piece of inside real estate
which could have been bought before the
execution for $5OO,OOO
IOWA.
The total receipts of the W. G. T. q. of
Iowa have been during the year So, 2O1 SO,
and the expenditures amounted to SIS, O64-
So
The main building of the Soldiers Or
few nights ago. Loss, $50, 900; insurance,
500, 900 A flash of lightning caused the
fire. No lives were lost
The main line OF the Central Iowa rail-
road was sold at masters sale at Marshall
town few days ago, and was bid in for
81 81 400, 900 by James Thompson in behalf
OF the Stickney reorganization committee.
Some time ago the residence of D. s. Will
son, at Dubuque, was entered by burglars
and robbed of several hundred dollars
worth of valuables. The other 1, orning,
when the front door was opened, the family
were agreeably surprised to find every
thing taken by the burglars lying on the
steps. There was also a note stating that
the burglars were sorry they had stolen the
articles and asking forgiveness.
The sheriff of Taylor County recently ar
rested in Nebraska City, Neb., NJ B. Foster,
charged with having murdered and drowned
Emm cit Reed
General Weaver, having addressed letter
to President Cleveland upon the matter of
the eviction of settlers from their homes in
OBrien County, is in receipt of note
from the President saying that he did not
see any legal way that the General Govern
ment could take cognizance of the matter,
as the Government has lost title to the
lands in question.
The other afternoon the four-hundred-
fo)t draw span of the Santa Fe bridge
across the Mississippi at Fort Madison was
swung for the first time
Mrs. Schnee, wife of the hotel-keeper at
Hampton who SO mysteriousiy disappeared
recently, attempted to commit suicide at
her home the other day by taking poison.
Mr.. Schnee has been found at Grinnell in a
demented 6 ,ndition.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
Iowa State Improved Stock Breeding AS
ISOLATION will commence in the opera-house
in Newton December z, closing ION the 9th
The State Short Horn Cattle, Draft Horse
and Ho ste n Cattle associations will hold
their annual meetings at the same place on
| the 9th and 9TH of December.
Fifty business men at Waterloo have
! formed an association for the Advancement
| of their mutual interests and the welfare of
| the town
On account of the incendiary fires at
Dubuque the Standard Lumber Company
at that place has shut down for the season
| Mo- /
large list of marriage licenses
The registration law applies to fifty -four
! cities in the State
| At Des Moines the other day the Des
Moines & Osceola railroad was sold by order
OF court, M B. Y. Edgerly, of Springfield,
purchasing it for 1906, 900
WISCONSIN.
Elmer Poquette, OF Durand, fell in love
at first sight with young lady who has
since refused to marry him. Poquette is
now violently insane.
Thirteen persons were recently arrested
at Sheboygan for an outrageous attack upor
the parsonage of Rev. Mr. Hoffman, the
Lutheran minister, who had been depose6
but refused to go
4 Joseph Keller, aged seventy two years
formerly proprietor of a large chair factory
at Sheboygan, and Miss Mary Baucknecht, 6
charming damsel hailing from Manitowoc
J. aged sixteen years, were married q few days
i ago.
John Schener, farmer of Manitowot
County, was recently placed in jail at Nil
Waukee charged with running an Illicit dis
tilery. 1t appeared that he had been doing
a very profitable business as moonshinel
for number of years
The reports from the State institution.